1.        This time next week, I ________ the washing up; I’ll be in a luxury hotel for my holiday then.

A. don’t do                                                                 B. won’t be doing                

C. haven’t done                                                        D. won’t have done

2.        He promised to send me a postcard, but he ________.

A. didn’t send                                                           B. did never send                

C. never did                                                  D. would never

3.        Jimmy continued to make noise, though he was ________.

A. not told                                                                 B. told not to                        

C. told not                                                                  D. not told to

4.        Professor Miller requires that all papers ________ written in ink.

A. be                           B. to be                                   C. being                                  D. been

5.        Thank you for warning me. I didn’t know the plug was wet and I ________ put it in the socket.

A. will             B. wouldn’t                           C. was about to                     D. have just

6.        By the time they arrived at the theatre, the movie ________.

A. is ending               B. would end            C. has ended                         D. had ended

7.        While Carol was washing his car, he ________ some dents in the door.

A. discovered            B. is discovering                   C. was discovering               D. has discovered

8.        They were asked not to disturb the old man because he ________.

A. is sleeping B. is asleep                            C. was sleeping                     D. was slept

9.        Almost every part of our lives ________ computerized over the past twenty years.

A. was             B. had been                           C. has been                            D. have been

10.    Over the past few years the cost of living ________ considerably.

A. is rising                 B. was rising             C. was risen                           D. has risen